Bankshot Billiards 2 Updated – 3D View Added

An update has been released for the pool game on Xbox Live Arcade through the Xbox 360 that includes a very special ‘3D mode’. This means by pressing down on the ‘D’ pad, the camera will drop down to see the game in all its 3D glory.

Issues addressed are:

Ranked live games causing a freeze or crash

Player match games now show the other players aiming aid level

Default time for ranked mode games was changed to 60 seconds

When a timer expires in a live game the following player has ball in hand

Shot panel now shows the buttons that must be held down to activate the various features (english, spin, power)

200 games achievement now given away when 200 games are played instead of won (this is inline with the description now)

Single player leaderboards cap the display to hours now instead of a single hour

Music tracks would not sync to defaults when a client quit (in certain conditions)

3D camera modes (so this is only a 2D game, right?)

The 3D modes are accessed via the D pad during gameplay:

Up: Reverts to the top view camera
Down: Static camera (zooms out from location of shot)
Left: Dynamic camera (follows action)
Right: Cue ball camera (use the left analog stick to rotate around the cue ball and zoom in / out)

James Woodcock

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